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Biodiversity Specimen Data

a collection of specific use cases of biodiversity specimen data, documented conceptually and, where possible, linked to technical solutions

Browse use cases sorted by category below. See helpful links and other code examples for additional information.

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Demos

The following demos provide an overview on how to use APIs and packages mentioned within this repo:

  1. What is an API?, recorded presentation from the Ecological Society of America Data Help Desk, 2020
  2. Basic overview of the ridigbio package (view in browser) (download for local use)
  3. Overview of iDigBio APIs, with an example of using the download API
  4. Demo of downloading records within a bounding box

Sources for specimen data

Interested in where you can find biodiversity specimen data? We complied a table of biodiversity data aggregators here!

Use cases

Geospatial

Collections management

Finding physical specimens

Media

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